Improvement in bill-files



in saturi SBURG, PENNSYLVANA.

Specification forming part oE Letters Pnt ent No. B th, dated April Q8, 1874; application led March 27, 1874.

To all 107mm, it 'may concern l Be. it known that I, JACOB D. GEESAMAN, ot Shippensburg', in Vthe county of Cumberland and State of ennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Bill-Files, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a device for securely filing' away papers or documents in suchl a manner that they can be kept eoinpactly, occupying but a small space, and at the same time he easily accessible tor .ready referenee.

'Ifigure l is a viewof the tile elosed,the upper part being vslid dowmvard so as to allow the titles at the ends of the inclosed papers to be examined without their removal. Fig. 2 is the empt f rile epened, showing how papers can he inserted or removed sidewise. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Appropriate letters designate the several parts.

A A are slats or covers, made of any material suitably stili' and rigid, between which papers and documents are to be placed. They are connected. with the cords B, which are prevented from slipping out ofplace hy being passed tln'eugh eyes or staples c. These cords terminate at and are secured to a greet/ed drum, IJ. The drum is supplied with netehesj in which the fingers rest While turning' it.

lirough the Center of the drum' there a thumb-screw, F. vIn the upper slat there are two slots through whiehpass' the pins a a.

Papers are placed between the `slats-A by opening them, as in Fig. 2, or sliding them, after'the cords are loosened, as in Fig. 1,' the pins a a preventing the papers' from .being pushed -too for through thelower. end. After the lpapers arev inserted, the drum is turned, thus 'Winding round, in its groove, allthe loose cord, and then the Whole is rmly heldin posi'- tion by the thumb-screw F. Thusany quantity of papers can be filed, and held convenient for reference, as the upper slat A can be slid downward, as shownein Fig. 1, so that anyr memorandurns on thelend of the papers can be read, and one or more Withdrawn at will, with'- out disarranging the others, and those left can he immediately readjusted by tightening the cords, as before described.

I claim- An 'adjustable paper or document holder, made of two slats, A, held in position with cords 'c e, in eombination with 'a drum, l), and

vthumb-screW I?, substantially as .herein set forth.

J. D. GEESAMAN.

Vilitnesses W. A. ADDAMS, JOHN E. GEESAMAN. 

